Case for holding bottles.



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(Application filed Nov. 11, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF E.

FREDERICK W. MOLITOR, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CASE FOR HOLDING BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,130, dated.November 11 1902. Application filed November 11, 1901 fierial No.81,917. 4N0 model.)

Cases for Holding Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in cases for holding andtransporting bottles.

The object of this invention is to construct a sanitary bottle-case ofthe character indicated which is simple and inexpensive and exceedinglydurable in construction.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain peculiaritiesof construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a view in perspective of acase embodying my invention.- Fig. 11 is a side elevation in verticalsection. Fig. III is an end elevation in vertical section.

My improved case is preferably rectangular in plan, and, referring tothe drawings, a and;

a designate opposite end walls of the case. Each wall a consists,preferably, of a wooden piece having its upper portion provided with alateral slot 5 for accommodating the insertion of a band preparatory tolifting or moving the case. Each wall a is cut away or rabbeted at thecorners, as at 6, to receive wooden bars I), which extend at the top andbottom of the case between the walls a and a and are rigidly secured tothe said walls. 'Each bar I) is set into the end walls, to which it isattached, flush with the adjacent side edge of the wall. The bars I) andb at each side of the case form a portion of the side wall at the saidside of the case, and the remainder of the said side wall is formed by asheet-metal plate 0, which extends from top to bottom of the case andfrom end wall to end wall of the case'and overlaps and is fixed to theouter side of the bars I) of the said side wall of the case and issecured also to the adjacent side edges of the end walls a.

A bottle-supporting shelf or partition dis arranged horizontally withinthe case about centrally between the top and bottom of the case. Theshelf 61 snugly fits within the case. The shelf (1 consists, preferably,of a sheetmetal plate having depending flanges 7 adjacent to the innersurfaces of the side walls of the case and riveted, as at 8, to the saidside walls. The shelf d has also depending flanges 10, arranged at theinner sides of and rigidly sect: red to the end walls a. The shelf dtherefore ties together and braces apart the plates 0 and c. The shelf(Z is provided also with several rows of circular vertical holes 12 forthe reception of bottles placed neck down within the case, and the shelfis provided at each hole 12 with a depending annular flange 13,extendingaround the said hole and enlarging the lateral bearing for thebottle placed within the hole. The case hereinbe fore described is notonly simple and inexpensive in construction, but is sanitary andpossesses great strength and durability.

That I claim is- 1. A bottle-case comprising two end walls of wood,wooden bars connecting the top and bottom of the respective endwalls,which said bars are set into the said walls, so as to be flushwith the side edges thereof, two side pieces, each consisting of ametallic plate secured to the respective end walls and wooden barsconnecting said end walls, and a web for bracing and securing therespective end walls and side plates-together, consisting of aperforated plate ofsheet metal arranged midway between the top andbottom of said bottlecase and extendingfrom side to side and from end toend thereof, substantially as described and forthe purpose set forth.

2. A bottle-case comprising two end walls of wood, wooden barsconnecting the respective end walls at their top and bottom, which saidbars are set into the walls so as to be flush with the side edgesthereof, two side pieces each consisting of a metallic plate socured tothe respective side edges of the end walls and the wooden barsconnecting said edges and a web for bracing and securing the said endwalls and said side plates together,

consisting ofaperforated metallic plate,eqnal Signed by me at Cleveland,Ohio, this 31st in dimension to the length and breadth of day ofOctober, 1901.

said casing, flanges formed on the sides and 7 ends of said plate andmeans for rigidly se FREDERICK MOLI curing said flanges t0 the end wallsand side Witnesses: plates,respectively,suhstantiallyasdescribed C. H.DORER,

and for the purpose set forth. 1 'lELsA SCHWARTZ.

